The Flagship: Brian Hadad tries to explain how State didn’t just hire Lane Kiffin-lite

Talk of Champions

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Ole Miss was only a bit player in a wild weekend for the college football coaching carousel.

Still, the Rebels’ in-state rival, Mississippi State, on Sunday made the one coaching move in 2023 that could make the Egg Bowl rivalry feel at least a little like the old days.

The Bulldogs hired former Ole Miss offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, whose history with fourth-year head coach Lane Kiffin is complicated, to say the least.

Ben Garrett (OMSpirit.com) and Brian Hadad (SuperTalk) discuss in this edition of The Flagship, a part of the Spirit’s Talk of Champions podcast network.

Lane Kiffin has led Ole Miss to its only two 10-win regular seasons in the program’s history. The most recent concluded with a 17-7 win over State in the Egg Bowl. The Rebels (10-2, 6-2 SEC) now await their postseason fate, which is likely a New Year’s Six or the Citrus Bowl. If they win, they’re secure their first-ever 11-win season.

As they say, imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery. Which always seems to be the case with Mississippi State when it comes to Ole Miss.

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0:00.0	Happy Monday, November 27, 2020, I'm Ben Garrett, and this is the flagship on the Talk of Champions Podcast Network.
0:22.3	And no, no, no, you're not rewatching Egg Bowl.
0:26.3	No.
0:28.0	Brian Hadat is back again.
0:29.3	Super Talks Brian Haydett, who covers Mississippi State for Super Talk.
0:33.5	He is back again, my friend.
0:35.9	And we've got to get to the first most important thing happening in this rivalry conversation right now.
0:43.2	All right.
0:44.1	Yes.
0:44.4	C.M. Punk has returned to WWA.
0:47.3	For the first time in quite a long time.
0:49.7	10 years.
0:50.9	Raw is on my DVR for tonight.
0:53.0	I got I will be real quick because we have a press
0:55.7	conference today at 7.30 p.m. I've never done a nighttime press conference before.
1:00.5	He got here. He got there. Lubby got there yesterday. Yesterday night. Yeah. I could have done it like
1:05.6	one. I don't know. I don't know what the, why that is, but it is what it is. But yes,
1:11.0	I will definitely be tuning in to see where this takes us.
1:15.3	So I'm excited.
1:17.1	You're not bringing the excitement that I thought you would.
1:20.6	Because this is an historic day.
1:22.0	With punk for me, you know,
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